Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Engseth papers, 1824-1898

Ingebrigt Ingebrigtsen Engseth papers, 1824-1898

P1558

1824-1898

Personal and financial documents of one of the pioneer settlers of the Valley Grove community, Rice County, Minnesota. Engeseth emigrated from Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane fylke in 1855 to Northfield township, where his brothers Sjur (1823-1888) and Erik (1828-1904) and sister Kari (1816-1866) also settled. His first wife was Anna Iversdatter Grinde (1823-1862); his second wife was Durdei Larsdatter Hamre (1831-1898).; The documents were "found in a leather wallet kept by (son) Erick Engeseth (1866-1959) and For a Engeseth Johnson".

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